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Awards and milestones

South Africa’s top learner ‘super excited’ to become a Matie

Abigail Kok can be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed. The week after she was announced as South Africa’s top national achiever in the 2025 National...
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SoA social impact initiatives change lives for the better

SoA social impact initiatives change lives for the better

The School of Accountancy (SoA) has again distinguished itself through two recent collaborative social impact projects that have positively influenced the...

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Youth Day: Education, unemployment under the spotlight

Youth Day: Education, unemployment under the spotlight

​​Youth Day was celebrated on Friday 16 June. In opinion pieces for the media, Prof Nicola Smit (Dean of the Faculty of Law), and Emma Swart and William Sezoe...

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Jean Durand receives faculty's highest accolade

Jean Durand receives faculty's highest accolade

Jean Durand set in motion a family tradition when he was recently announced the 2022 winner of the coveted CGW Schumann Medal for best postgraduate student in...

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SU to coordinate regional Centre of Vocational Excellence in Water

SU to coordinate regional Centre of Vocational Excellence in Water

​​​The Stellenbosch University Water Institute will coordinate the establishment of the first regional Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) in Water – making...

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WOW celebrates 20 years – Stellenbosch University’s social empowerment initiative marks two decades

WOW celebrates 20 years – Stellenbosch University’s social empowerment initiative marks two decades

​​​​​A rich vocabulary filled with words with meaning will open new worlds for a child, says Fiona van Kerwel, project manager of Words Open Worlds (WOW), a...

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All things AI²

All things AI²

 As the leaves in Vicotria Street changes colour and campus quiets down after a busy semester, the AI-scene is buzzing with the latest developments. We have...

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